Nanocomposites are combinations of nanomaterials with other molecules or nanoscaled materials, such as nanoparticles or nanotubes. In general, these novel nanocomposites have different physical and chemical properties from the constituent particles or wires, and will thus allow new kinds of applications. Among these nanocomposites, gold-carbon nanotube (AuCNT) composites are of particular inter...

This chapter describes the details of the synthesis of polyaniline (PAni) nanofiber reinforced polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanocomposites employing in-situ rapid mixing polymerization technique and the effect of SHI irradiation on the physico-chemical properties of the nanocomposites. Modifications in the morphology, conformation and the charge transport properties of the nanocomposites have been i...

A series of nanocomposites consisting of zero-valent iron nanoparticles (ZVI NPs) encapsulated in SiO2 microspheres were successfully synthesized through a successive two-step method, i.e., the wet chemical reduction by borohydride followed by a modified Stöber method. The as-synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, vibr...

Carbon coated boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs@C) hybrids with different carbon contents were synthesized by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The content of carbon in as-obtained BNNSs@C hybrids could be precisely adjusted from 2.50% to 22.62% by controlling the carbon deposition time during the CVD procedure. Afterward, the BNNSs@C hybrids were subsequently incorporated into the polyvi...

This paper focuses on the fabrication via simple melt blending of thermotropic liquid crystal polyester (TLCP) nanocomposites reinforced with a very small quantity of modified carbon nanotube (CNT) and the unique effects of the modified CNT on the physical properties of the nanocomposites. The thermal, mechanical, and rheological properties of modified CNT-reinforced TLCP nanocomposites are hig...

We report on the synthesis of multifunctional Ag-TiO2 nanocomposites and their optical, physio-chemical, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and antibacterial properties. A series of Ag-TiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized by sol-gel technique and characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersed x-ray analysis, photoluminescence, UV-vis, x...

thermoplastic polyurethane (tpu)/clay nanocomposites were prepared via a melt-compounding method using ester type tpu and two different modified organoclays (cloisite 30b and cloisite 15a) in different contents. the effects of the chemical structure and content of the nanoclays on the thermal degradation and mechanical properties of tpu were also investigated. the effect of structural modificat...

In this article, preparation of polypyrrole and its nanocomposites as adsorbents werediscussed and the capability of separation of copper ions from aqueous solution were studied.Polypyrrole was prepared by chemical oxidative polymerization method of pyrrole usingFeCl3 as an oxidant. The removal of Cu (II) was investigated using PPy, PPy/TiO2 andPPy/TiO2/DHSNa nanocomposites. The products were i...

Clay nanocomposites have been synthesized by UV-curing with organic and waterbased resins. The effect of the chemical structure of the organophilic layer of the clay on the dispersibility in the photocurable resins, the photocuring efficiency and the final properties of the UV-cured nanocomposites are discussed.